Automation Technologies 5/2014

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News and Markets Enabling Indian manufacturers to proudly claim “Made by India” Beckhoff is extending its automation platform consisting of PC-based control technology, I/O systems and drive technology in order to enable machine manufacturers to design high performance machines for higher profitability & quality. The company also enables every manufacturer to achieve Industry 4.0 compliance, such as high-performance machine construction, factory automation, Machine to Machine & Machine to Business Connectivity for optimizing manufacturing efficiency and enabling smart factories. Beckhoff can be a catalyst enabling Indian engineers to produce world-class machines and factories using PC based automation solutions leveraging the integrated benefits of Information Technology & Automation Technology using TwinCAT 3 software engineering tool. Customized manufacturing, Networked manufacturing & Smart Connectivity enables compliance of machines with Industry 4.0 standard. www.beckhoff.co.in Turkish Machinery participated at MDA North America German-Indian Business Center USE YOUR CHANCES – TAKE THE NEXT STEP www.GIBC-Hannover.org Thinking about the big step into the german market? Contact us in questions of Business development Financing Investments Marketing & sales support Turkish Machinery is pleased to have co-sponsored MDA North America 2014 which was co-located with Industrial Automation North America in Chicago. Ferdi Murat Gül, Turkish Machinery’s Board member responsible for the US market, said, “It was the place to be in September and Turkish Machinery fulfilled its goal of expanding awareness about the quality as well as the recent technological advances in their machinery sector.” Gül said that “the venue provided Turkish Machinery with numerous successful networking meetings including several potentially profitable US partnership meetings.” He went on, “We left the show very optimistic and with a positive impression of the potential that exists for a US –Turkey machinery and machine tool industry collaboration.” Turkey is now poised to enter the US market and ready to build an equally beneficial partnership. WIRTSCHAFTSFÖRDERUNG hannoverimpuls www.turkishmachinery.org AUTOMATION TECHNOLOGIES 5/2014 Hannoverimpuls.indd 1 13.11.2014 15:56:01

Turck acquires sales partner in Canada Turck, Germany, has acquired a 50 % interest in its long term Canadian sales partner Chartwell Automation Inc. The new company name is now Turck Chartwell Canada Inc. Furthermore, on October 1, 2017, Turck will acquire the remaining shares and thus be 100 % owner of the new subsidiary, Turck Canada. Mark and Steve Boehmer, the two founders of Chartwell, have signed long-term management contracts. They will continue to lead the company as general manager and sales manager. This year, Turck Chartwell Canada expects sales of around $ 14 million CDN. www.turck.com Murata and Yokogawa announce alliance Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd. and Yokogawa Electric Corporation will cooperate in the development of communication modules for field wireless devices used in plants. Yokogawa will license its technology to Murata and Murata will develop the communication modules. Through this alliance, Murata will be able to expand its communication module business to wireless devices for use in plants and Yokogawa will be able to promote wider acceptance of its field wireless systems based on the ISA100 WirelessTM standard. ISA100 Wireless, or ISA100. 11a, is an industrial wireless networking technology standard developed by the International Society of Automation (ISA). It features high reliability, diverse applications, network extendibility, and high compatibility with wired communications standards. www.yokogawa.com Weidmüller.indd 1 13.11.2014 11:35:09 AUTOMATION TECHNOLOGIES 5/2014